cateter
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See also: catéter
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin catheter, from Ancient Greek καθετήρ (kathetḗr).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ca‧te‧ter
Noun
cateter m (plural cateteres)
Usage notes
The prescribed form and pronunciation is cateter, based on its etymology. However, the word is experiencing varying stress, both in Brazil and Portugal, leading to proscribed form catéter. It is recommended that, while the transition is not finished, that the word is written without an accent.[1]
References
Further reading
- “cateter”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “cateter”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “cateter”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “cateter”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French cathéter.
Noun
cateter n (plural catetere)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | cateter | cateterul | catetere | cateterele | |
| genitive-dative | cateter | cateterului | catetere | cateterelor | |
| vocative | cateterule | cateterelor | |||